Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí
Donegal Gaelic footballer (born 1998/99)
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Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí (born 1998/9) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Conaill and the Donegal county team. He is a utility player.[1]
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Utility | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
Club
He won a Donegal Senior Football Championship (SFC) with his club in 2019, after a three-game final in which he scored a point in each game, including the opening score of the third game's second half.[2] He also scored a goal in the 2019 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship final.[3] Naomh Conaill retained the Donegal SFC title in 2020, with the final being delayed until August 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.[4]
He scored a goal for his club against Gaoth Dobhair in the first half of the 2021 Donegal Senior Football Championship quarter-final.[5] However, the club lost the final by ten points to St Eunan's.[6] Then he won the 2022 Donegal Senior Football Championship.[7][8][9] He also won the 2023 Donegal Senior Football Championship, scoring 0–1 in the final against Gaoth Dobhair.[10][11][12] It was his fourth medal as winner.[1]
College
He played Sigerson Cup football for UCD.[13]
Inter-county
First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of Declan Bonner, Mac Ceallabhuí was called into the team ahead of the 2020 season.[14]
He made a substitute appearance in Donegal's first fixture of the 2020 National Football League against Mayo.[15] Another substitute appearance followed in the game against Meath.[16] He did not feature in the next two fixtures (against Galway and Dublin, respectively); however, he made another substitute appearance in the next game, against Monaghan.[17][18][19] Then the COVID-19 pandemic brought play to a halt. Play resumed behind closed doors on 18 October with a home game against Tyrone; Mac Ceallabhuí started that game.[20] He also started, and completed, the last game of the campaign, away to Kerry.[21]
He made his first championship start against Tyrone in the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final.[22] He then appeared as a substitute for the injured Stephen McMenamin after three minutes of the semi-final defeat of Armagh.[23]
He was troubled by injury during the 2021 season.[24]
He made a substitute appearance in Donegal's first fixture of the 2022 National Football League against Mayo, during which he scored a point.[25] He did not feature in the next two fixtures, against Kildare and Kerry, respectively.[26][27]
However, his involvement in the next fixture, against Tyrone, was crucial, as he scored a very late goal in that game.[28][29] He also made a substitute appearance against Dublin in the next game, though he did not feature against Armagh in the concluding fixture.[30][31]
He made a substitute appearance against Armagh in the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.[32] He did not feature in any of Donegal's three games in the 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship.[33][34][35]
He made a substitute appearance in Donegal's first fixture of the 2023 National Football League against Kerry.[36] He started the next fixture against Tyrone, scoring a point.[37] He did not feature in the next two games, against Monaghan and Galway.[38][39] He made further substitute appearances in the last league three games of the season, against Armagh, Mayo and Roscommon, scoring a point against Roscommon.[40][41][42]
He missed the 2023 championship games against Down and Clare because he was studying for exams.[43] He later made a substitute appearance against Derry.[44] However, he did not play against Monaghan, or against Tyrone.[45][46]
Personal life
His grandfather Josie Mac Ceallabhuí played for the same club, including against St Joseph's in the 1965 Donegal SFC final.[47]
Honours
- Donegal
- Naomh Conaill